SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
THAL GAYLA L

(Last) (First) (Middle)
1400 DOUGLAS STREET

(Street)
OMAHA NE 68179

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
03/15/2012
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
UNION PACIFIC CORP [ UNP ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
VP LAW & CHIEF COMPL OFFICER
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock(1) 34,301.1456 D
Common Stock(2) 15.4962 I by Spouse's Son
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)(3) 02/05/2010(3) 02/05/2019 Common Stock 3,922 47.28 D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)(3) 02/04/2011(3) 02/04/2020 Common Stock 4,857 60.98 D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)(3) 01/31/2009(3) 01/31/2018 Common Stock 9,744 62.38 D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)(3) 02/03/2012(3) 02/03/2021 Common Stock 4,080 93.6 D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)(3) 02/02/2013(3) 02/02/2022 Common Stock 4,476 114.73 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Includes unvested restricted stock units and unvested Long Term Plan performance units.
2. These shares are held by minor son of the reporting person's spouse, who does not live in the reporting person's household. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities.
3. This option becomes exercisable in three equal installments starting one year from the grant date.
By: Trevor L. Kingston, Attorney-in-Fact For: Gayla L. Thal 03/19/2012
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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SECTION 16 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT I, Gayla L. Thal,
Senior Vice President - Law & General Counsel of Union Pacific
Corporation, a Utah corporation (the "Company"),
do hereby appoint Barbara W. Schaefer, James J. Theisen, Jr.,
Trevor L. Kingston and Kelly M. Cranor, and each of them
acting individually, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact,
each with power to act without the other in full power of
substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on my
behalf, and in my name and in my capacity as an officer of
the Company, a Form 3 and any and all Forms 4 or Forms 5 under
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules and interpretations promulgated thereunder, and any other
documents in support thereof or supplemental or amendatory
thereto, with respect to the ownership by or attributable to
me, directly or indirectly, of equity securities of the
Company, or derivative securities relating thereto, hereby
granting to such attorneys and each of them full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
whatsoever as such attorney or attorneys may deem necessary
or advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing
as I might or could do personally or in my capacity as an
officer, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and
things which such attorney or attorneys may do or cause to
be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Power of
Attorney as of March 15, 2012.


/s/ Gayla L. Thal
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Gayla L. Thal